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After the record setting year we had in 2005 and predictions that the 2006 season could hold more of the same, everyone in the hurricane ravaged areas along the Gulf Coast is on edge. Everyone along the Gulf Coast and the East Coast all the way to New...More

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32. Healing the World: Telemetry Systems

Telemetry, derived from the Greek words, tele meaning remote, and metron meaning measure, is the technology of automatic measurement and transmission of information by wire, radio, or other means from remote sources, as from space vehicles, to receiving...More

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33. Miniature Telemetry Transmitter

Telemetry or "remote measurement" is a highly automated communications process by which measurements are made and other data collected at remote, inaccessible or dangerous places, and then relayed by a telemetry transmitter to receiving stations for...More

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34. The Easy Way to Convert Temperatures

Here's an easy way to convert temperatures from Celsius (Centigrade) to Fahrenheit and vice versa without the use of calculators. Though you won't receive an exact figure with this method, it is a great tool to use when you need a...More

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35. The Biology 30 Curriculum

In Science students learn about the physical world, ecology and technology. Studying science also helps develop an understanding of the many applications of science in daily life. The major ideas developed in this course are change, diversity,...More

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36. The Invisible Ether and Michelson Morley

The concept of the invisible ether or 'aether' is an old concept dating to the time of the ancient Greeks. They considered the ether as that medium which permeated all of the universe and even believed the ether to be another element. Along with...More

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37. Galactic Mystery - Matter - On the Dark Side

Heralding a new age in the cosmos, Norwegian Kristian Birkeland predicted that the universe likely consisted of an exotic component that would later be called dark matter. His comments about this subject matter appeared in a description of the Norwegian...More

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38. Who was Nikola Tesla? By Wally Jukes

Nkola Tesla was born on July 9, 1856, n a very small vllage called Smljan, n the provnce of Lka, Croata. You may not know who ths man s, but he nvented the theores of electrcty we use today. Tesla fnshed hs basc schoolng...More

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39. Why is the Sky Blue? By Wally Jukes

When the sky is blue and clear it is because molecules in the air reflect blue light from the sun more than they are reflecting red light. The sun has all the colors of the rainbow in it; when reflected through a prism or these little molecules, you see...More

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40. Hydroponics - A Novel Blessing of Science

The term hydroponics stands for the technique of cultivating plants in a nutrient solution rather than in soil. It?s a novel technique of growing plants in water which contains dissolved nutrients. This technique is also known as indoor gardening,...More

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